Making sense of overconfidence in market entry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Cain, Daylian M ^a   Moore, Don A ^b   Haran, Uriel ^c  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

competition; confidence; market entry; overconfidence; social comparison; underconfidence

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CONFIDENCE; MARKET ENTRY; OVERCONFIDENCE; SOCIAL COMPARISON; UNDERCONFIDENCE;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84918819974     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2196     Document Type: Article

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